Wod Word/definition 2010-2011

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Countenance

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Emotions that show through our body language and facial expressions

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Profound

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Having intellectual depth and insight

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Manifest

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Easily understood; or recognized by the mind

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Serene

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Clear and free of storms or unpleasant change

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Sublime

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Nifty, grand, exalted in thought, expression, or manner

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Prodigious

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Exciting amazing or wonder

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Singular

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Distinguished by superiority or relating to a specific person or things

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Clamor

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Noisy, shouting

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Visage

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Aspect or Appearance

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Abate

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to put an end to, to reverse in degree or intensity

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Prodigious

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Exciting amazing or wonder

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Singular

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Distinguished by superiority or relating to a specific person or things

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Clamor

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Noisy, shouting

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Visage

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Aspect or Appearance

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Abate

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To put an end to, to reverse in degree or intensity

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Allude

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To make indifferent reference- to refer

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Grotesque

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Fanciful or bizarre in style of decorative art; characterize by forms distorted into ab-sorted ugliness or caricature

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Undulate

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Having a wavy surface or edge, rising or falling in waves

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Acute

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Characterized by sharpness or severity

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Vivid

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Pronouncing a strong or clear impression on the senses

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Venerate

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To honor- reverential respect

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Exquisite

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Marked by flawless crafts workmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate or elaborate execution

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Melancholy

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Sadness or depression of mind or spirit

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Incredulous

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Unwilling to accept what is offered as true- skeptical

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Traverse

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Lateral or zigzag; something that crosses or lies across

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Repose

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To lie at rest

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Lurid

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Wan and ghastly, pale in appearance; causing horror or revulsion

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Languid

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Drooping or flagging from exhaustion, weak, listless, sluggish, in disposition or character

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary, not needed

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Sagacity

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Having keen or far- singled judgment, quality of bearing congress

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Vulgar

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Of or relating to common people lacking in taste; ordinary kind

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Placid

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Severely free of interruption or disturbance; complacent

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Tremulous

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Quivering, marked by trembling

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Odious

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Exciting or deserving hatred or resinous

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Pallor

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Paleness esp. in the face

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stolid

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Unemotional; expressing little or no sensibility

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Abyss

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The bottomless pit; gulf; immeasurable deep gulf or space

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Condescend

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To assume an air of superiority

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Wistful

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Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; pensive

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Prostrate

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Stretched out with face downward

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Remonstrate

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To object, or protest something; to plead in opposition to something

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Palpable

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Capable of being touched or felt; easily perceptible

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Vex

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To annoy continually with little invitations; to loving trouble or dance

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Amiable

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Generally agreeable; friendly; sociable

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Perplex

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Unable to group something clearly, or to think logically and decisively